Thanks guys, I really needed to hear some of that. Maybe you're all right, maybe I should stop thinking about weight loss from a time perspective...since obviously it ISN'T as linier as it seemed at first...
Robin, here's the answers to the questions you asked. Any advice would be appreciated. =D
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Are you consistently staying on plan?
Other then this past weekend where I went a little over on points (but just a little) while I was camping at the texas ren fest, yes.
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No splurge meals or days?
No, it's too hard for me to get back on track when I splurge a little bit. I've just stopped doing it completely...I haven't done it in probably over two months.
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Are you accurately tracking your caloric intake?
I don't count calories really, I'm doing weight watchers at home, and I DO keep track of the points. I try to journal them every day, but I just got a new job and have been having trouble adjusting to the new schedule...so I've actually been texting my boyfriend every time i eat something as a way to keep track of it....but yes, I do track every single thing I eat.
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Measuring your food correctly? Adding in each and every bite, lick, taste and crumb?
Definitely. That's the one part I've been extremely strict about. I'm definitely lenient on the foods I eat (as long as I stay within my daily points) but I keep track of every single thing that I eat.
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Is there anyway that you're underestimating the amount of calories you're taking in?
Other then the possibility that I underestimated them this weekend, no...but I haven't been losing for a whole month...not like I used to anyways. I'm just used to 2+ lbs lost a week, and I've only lost a little over 2 lbs this MONTH. It just seems like SOMETHING has to be going wrong.
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How's your exercise looking?
I haven't exercised at all since I started losing weight. I know, I really should...and part of it is just me being lazy, and sometimes i legitimately don't have the time....but I'm also not exercising because of my mother. She's almost 300 lbs now, but she's got bad knees and degenerative disc disorder and fibromyalgia and bad feet and is just constantly in too much pain to exercise. I guess I figure if she can see that it can be done without exercise, then she'll be willing to try (because right now she insists it's impossible). Like I said, I know I should exercise, and my plan has always been to work exercise more into my routine once I'm much closer to my goal, to start toning and working on becoming healthier...I just want to push it off to show my mom it can be done.
Oh, and I actually did get more exercise this past weekend then I have in a long time. We camped at the ren fest, and our camp was as far away from the entrance as you could get, and I definitely walked back and fourth (a couple miles each way) 5 or 6 or 7 times during the day, and then around the ren fest for the whole day, and then around the campgrounds at night. Basically, from 9am to 9pm, I was walking...and my legs are STILL SOOOO sore...haha
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Your activity level in general?
Honestly, I don't have time for much activity. I work full time and I'm also taking classes and between the laundry and taking showers and homework and my job, I don't even have time to do the things I WANT to do, let alone exercise. At work I'm moving around a lot, but it's nothing strenuous...and when I'm at home I'm sitting on a couch on my laptop working on school work.
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What plan are you following?
I'm doing Weight Watchers at home. My mom had the materials laying around (someone gave them to her to try and get her interested) so I figured I'd try it. It has been working really well, but I really am getting frustrated at this point...I'm somewhere between 207 and 211 at this point, and I'm eating (generally) between 23 and 26 points a day. I don't use flex points (unless I go visit my bf...which doesn't happen often at all)...
I don't keep track of calories or fat or carbs or sugar or sodium or any of that...because I honestly don't know enough about it to know what is good and what isn't and what good ammounts are, and I couldn't handle all that counting anyways...THAT would stress me out...
I just try and make healthy choices....try and eat whole grains and vegetables every day...drink lots of water...and stay OP.